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antriksh 08-27-2010 02:14 PM
How to Read/write on NTFS partition in Linux???
 
All my important data like ebooks and some programs are in a ntfs partition...when i login to my redhat i am unable to access that partition..

Please tell me how to access(r/w) that partition in linux(Red Hat)???

mostlyharmless 08-27-2010 02:19 PM
If you're using the commandline:

mount /partition-name /mount-point should work, for example

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows

But try
mount -t ntfs-3g /device /mount-point

first. If you're using Nautilus or something graphical, just clicking on the appropriate partition usually works.

antriksh 08-27-2010 03:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mostlyharmless (Post 4079919)
If you're using the commandline:

mount /partition-name /mount-point should work, for example

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows

But try
mount -t ntfs-3g /device /mount-point

first. If you're using Nautilus or something graphical, just clicking on the appropriate partition usually works.
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs'

mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs-3g'

not working...

the trooper 08-27-2010 03:27 PM
Quote:
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ntfs-3g'
Have you installed the ntfs-3g package for your system?

mostlyharmless 08-27-2010 04:12 PM
Guess Redhat 5.3 doesn't have ntfs-3g or ntfs enabled in the kernel. Go to

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

and follow the instructions there.

jefro 08-27-2010 04:29 PM
Or boot to a newer live cd and copy it that way. Reboot to RH.

I'd think that RH has to have ntfs in read at least if not ntfs-3g. Linux has been able to mount ntfs for years. Maybe missing some mount options?

kilgoretrout 08-27-2010 04:57 PM
Quote:
I'd think that RH has to have ntfs in read at least if not ntfs-3g.
Wrong. At least historically, RH refused to compile ntfs support into their kernels because of potential patent issues. If you wanted ntfs support, you had to recompile your kernel IIRC. Obviously, RH wouldn't touch ntfs-3g either. RH has always been extremely conservative from a patent point of view.

antriksh 08-27-2010 04:58 PM
will "yum install ntfs-3g" work??? or can i download rpm from http://marush.com/category/linux/rpm/ntfs-3g/???

Bratmon 08-27-2010 05:04 PM
That should work.

kingston 08-28-2010 12:53 AM
install the following four rpms...These are all the rpms for 64bit processors, you find out the same for 32bit architecture..

Code:
dkms-2.0.19-2.el5.rf.noarch.rpm       
fuse-ntfs-3g-2009.4.4-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
dkms-fuse-2.7.4-1.nodist.rf.noarch.rpm 
fuse-2.7.4-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

antriksh 08-28-2010 05:30 AM
"yum search ntfs" shows---

ntfs-3g.i386 : Linux NTFS userspace driver
ntfs-3g-devel.i386 : Development files and libraries for ntfs-3g

dkms-ntfs.noarch : Driver for reading and writing on NTFS formatted volumes

fuse-ntfs-3g.i386 : Linux NTFS userspace driver
fuse-ntfs-3g-devel.i386 : Header files, libraries and development documentation for fuse-ntfs-3g.

ntfsprogs.i386 : NTFS filesystem libraries and utilities
ntfsprogs-devel.i386 : Header files, libraries and development documentation for ntfsprogs


in above all which one i supposed to install for r/w access to ntfs partition??? i am confused...

antriksh 08-28-2010 07:32 AM
the solution suggested by kingston worked....thanks kingston...problem solved....


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